Trafalgar
Condition: SECONDHAND
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Edition: repr.,
Condition remarks:
Book: Fair
Jacket: Wear and tear with damage
Pages: Tanning and foxing
Markings: Previous owner
Few battles have shaped the course of history as decisively as the clash of fleets off Cape Trafalgar on 21st October 1805, and Oliver Warner's Trafalgar stands as one of the most authoritative and vivid accounts of that momentous day. Set against the sweeping backdrop of Napoleonic Europe, the narrative chronicles the Royal Navy's decisive engagement against the combined Franco-Spanish fleet, placing Admiral Lord Horatio Nelson — brilliant, charismatic, and fatally mortal — at the very heart of the drama. Warner draws on a wealth of primary sources, letters, and first-hand testimonies to reconstruct the battle with extraordinary precision, capturing both the grand strategic sweep and the raw, human chaos of close-quarters naval warfare. As a respected naval historian, Warner brings to Trafalgar a scholarly rigour tempered by an elegant, accessible prose style that makes this essential reading for both the specialist and the general reader alike. The work situates the battle within its broader historical significance — the securing of British naval supremacy for over a century — while never losing sight of the personal sacrifices made on the gun decks of both sides. Nelson's immortal signal, his wounding and death aboard HMS Victory, and the fleet's triumphant yet grief-stricken return to Portsmouth are rendered with the solemnity and detail they deserve. For anyone seeking to understand how one afternoon of cannon fire and courage permanently altered the fate of nations, this volume is utterly indispensable.
Author: Oliver Warner
Format: Hardback
Published: 1961, B. T. Batsford Ltd
Genre: Maritime history
Edition: repr.,
Condition remarks:
Book: Fair
Jacket: Wear and tear with damage
Pages: Tanning and foxing
Markings: Previous owner
Few battles have shaped the course of history as decisively as the clash of fleets off Cape Trafalgar on 21st October 1805, and Oliver Warner's Trafalgar stands as one of the most authoritative and vivid accounts of that momentous day. Set against the sweeping backdrop of Napoleonic Europe, the narrative chronicles the Royal Navy's decisive engagement against the combined Franco-Spanish fleet, placing Admiral Lord Horatio Nelson — brilliant, charismatic, and fatally mortal — at the very heart of the drama. Warner draws on a wealth of primary sources, letters, and first-hand testimonies to reconstruct the battle with extraordinary precision, capturing both the grand strategic sweep and the raw, human chaos of close-quarters naval warfare. As a respected naval historian, Warner brings to Trafalgar a scholarly rigour tempered by an elegant, accessible prose style that makes this essential reading for both the specialist and the general reader alike. The work situates the battle within its broader historical significance — the securing of British naval supremacy for over a century — while never losing sight of the personal sacrifices made on the gun decks of both sides. Nelson's immortal signal, his wounding and death aboard HMS Victory, and the fleet's triumphant yet grief-stricken return to Portsmouth are rendered with the solemnity and detail they deserve. For anyone seeking to understand how one afternoon of cannon fire and courage permanently altered the fate of nations, this volume is utterly indispensable.